Local and Fair Trade Gift Ideas from Velasquez Family Coffee

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There are several great alternative shopping opportunities coming up in the next few days that we thought some of our customers might be interested in.

Benefit Shopping Night - Wednesday, November 28 5-8 pm - Buy a burrito at Chipotle and shop fair trade items at Ten Thousand Villages and benefit the Land Stewardship Project. Both stores are at Victoria Crossing (Victoria and Grand) in St. Paul. Chipotle purchases from sustainable family farmers and Ten Thousand Villages offers handmade artisan fair trade crafts from around the world. More details at: http://www.landstewardshipproject.org/pr/07/newsr_071117.htm

Art Show and Sale this weekend Nov 30-Dec 2 by Velasquez Family coffee customer Helen Bond featuring her original watercolor paintings, prints & notecards. 1121 North Oxford St in St. Paul. Friday, November 30 2-8pm, Saturday, December 1 10am-8pm, Sunday, December 2 12-6pm. Check out her beautiful work at www.helenbond.com.

Local Artisans this weekend Nov 30 & Dec 2. Hand Dyed Natural Textiles, Felted Hats, Hand Made Healing Balms, Beeswax Candles and more -- all this and more at two events featuring another VFC customer, Valerie Nordin. To see some of Nancy Schultz' products visit www.geocities.com/schultzcolor. We personally love Valerie's healing balms and lotions and her felted hats are great too. Friday, November 30 3-9pm at the studio of Nancy Schultz 2838 31st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406. And Sunday December 2 10am-4pm Cafe Brenda 2007 Holiday Sale, 300 1st Ave N. Minneapolis.

Coffee Gift Packages. We are excited to partner with another local fair trade business called Lazos/Ties to offer beautiful handcrafted fair coffee mugs, espesso cups, cream and sugar sets and coffee pots that will go very nicely in a gift pack with Velasquez Family Coffee. All items are dishwasher and microwave safe. See photos and prices below. If you are interested in purchasing any of these items let us know as soon as possible as their supply is limited. If you order from us before our next coffee deadline (December 13th) we can even deliver them to your house with your coffee order. For more details on this Minnesota based fair trade company visit their website at www.lazosties.com and read below for more information about the artisans who make their ceramics.